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Weekly Pop Top 30 for September 17, 1988

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4 1   Don't Worry Be Happy  
  Bobby McFerrin
    YouTube Amazon  

2 2   I'll Always Love You  
  Taylor Dayne
    YouTube Amazon  

1 3   Sweet Child O' Mine 2 1  
  Guns N' Roses
    YouTube Amazon  

7 4   Love Bites 1 1  
  Def Leppard
    YouTube Amazon  

10 5   One Good Woman 4  
  Peter Cetera
    YouTube Amazon  

9 6   Please Don't Go Girl  
  New Kids On The Block
    YouTube Amazon  

3 7   Perfect World 7 2  
  Huey Lewis And The News
    YouTube Amazon  

18 8   I Hate Myself For Loving You 18 6  
  Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
    YouTube Amazon  

6 9   Nobody's Fool 6  
  Kenny Loggins
    YouTube Amazon  

5 10   It Would Take A Strong Strong Man 5  
  Rick Astley
    YouTube Amazon  

17 11   A Nightmare On My Street  
  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
    YouTube Amazon  

13 12   Simply Irresistible 1 1  
  Robert Palmer
    YouTube Amazon  

14 13   Don't Be Cruel 5  
  Bobby Brown
    YouTube Amazon  

19 14   Don't Be Cruel 8 3  
  Cheap Trick
    YouTube Amazon  

21 15   Red Red Wine 1  
  UB40
    YouTube Amazon  

23 16   Forever Young 7  
  Rod Stewart
    YouTube Amazon  

12 17   If It Isn't Love 4  
  New Edition
    YouTube Amazon  

20 18   Fallen Angel 18 11  
  Poison
    YouTube Amazon  

25 19   Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? 1 4  
  Steve Winwood
    YouTube Amazon  

8 20   When It's Love 1 3  
  Van Halen
    YouTube Amazon  

22 21   Monkey 1  
  George Michael
    YouTube Amazon  

26 22   Time And Tide 17  
  Basia
    YouTube Amazon  

30 23   Chains Of Love 14 7  
  Erasure
    YouTube Amazon  

- 24   A Groovy Kind Of Love 1  
  Phil Collins
    YouTube Amazon  

24 25   True Love 7  
  Glenn Frey
    YouTube Amazon  

27 26   What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) 2  
  Information Society
    YouTube Amazon  

- 27   Never Tear Us Apart 2 5  
  INXS
    YouTube Amazon  

29 28   What You See Is What You Get 26  
  Brenda K. Starr
    YouTube Amazon  

28 29   It Takes Two 23  
  Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock
    YouTube Amazon  

- 30   Indestructible 29  
  The Four Tops
    YouTube Amazon  

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The number one song this week is Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin. I'll Always Love You by Taylor Dayne is at number two on the chart. Guns N' Roses finds the number three this week with Sweet Child O' Mine.


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